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Photo of early Islamic algebra (Source:ThatsMaths)

Intellectual minds of scholars who were living in the House of Wisdom had led to multiple improvements and discoveries in math such as algebra, engineering, and philosophy.

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Drawing of Siege of Baghdad (1258) (Source: Wikipedia)

These discoveries made by intellectual scholars throughout the House of Wisdom, kept on improving society and its discoveries are still used as learning building blocks till this day. However, this revolution of thought had came to a end when Mongols took over and destroyed the Islamic Empire.

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Sustaining Revolutions in Thought - “Is there a way to prevent revolutions in thought from ending?”

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Sustaining Revolutions in Thought - “Is there a way to prevent revolutions in thought from ending?”

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The creation of the House of Wisdom (Early 800’s, Islamic empire)  

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The creation of the House of Wisdom (Early 800’s, Islamic empire)  

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Drawing of the House of Wisdom during the Islamic Empire (Source: IslamiCity)

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A successful revolution in thought is caused by individuals addressing societal issues and is sustained by Inventors’ discoveries and through the support of their theories by others as evidenced by innovations in science, mathematics, and economics.

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Photograph of Sir Godfrey Kneller painting of Issac Newton (Source: National Geographic)

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Albucasis blistering a patient in the hospital at Cordova, 1100, by Ernest Board, c. 1912 (Source: Lapham's Quarterly).

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Warfare/war/ Chinese general Zhao Kuangyin becoming the dominant military power (Song Dynasty)

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Warfare/war/ Chinese general Zhao Kuangyin becoming the dominant military power (Song Dynasty)

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Photo of Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of Song (Source: World History Encyclopedia)

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A photo of the first government-issued paper money (Source: Silk Road).

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Photo of early islamic carpet (Source: The Met)

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New developed theories in astronomy (Europe)

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New developed theories in astronomy (Europe)

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A photo of Bronze Kaiyuan tongbao coin (Source: “AFE: The Song Dynasty in China”)

"The creation of paper money was first initiated by merchants. To avoid carrying a lot of coins long distances" (“AFE: The Song Dynasty in China”). The merchants in the late Tang times (c.900 CE) started to trade receipts from deposit shops where they had left the money of goods, and in the 1020’s it officially became the first government-issued paper money. On a side note, Marco Polo supported this idea and he later described the use of the paper currency throughout Kublai Khan’s Yuan dynasty .

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Photo of Early thermometer in 1700's (Source: Science Learning Hub)

The more people who were getting sick in the Middle East: Led to the creation of modern hospitals, medical textbooks, and medicine. Even in Europe, the creation of the thermometer by Gabriel Fahrenheit (1714) and the smallpox vaccine in the late 1700’s was a result of trying to fix a societal issue (Information from: Comparative timelines).

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A drawing of a fire arrow utilizing a bag of gunpowder: early song dynasty invention (Source: Wikipedia)

With more surrounding nations invading China, war was more likely to happen, and because of this "Chinese General Zhao Kuangyin made the military stronger and China became a dominant military power" (“Song Dynasty”). With the General's support to make the military stronger, this led to inventions such as gunpowder, stronger steel arrow tips, and throwing bombs.

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Photo of Nicolas copernicus Heliocentric model of the universe (Source: Phys)

Throughout this period of time, there was a great increase in astronomical studies in Europe. However, one of the astronomers’ theories became very controversial which was Nicolas Copernicus' Heliocentric cosmos model that put the sun in the center of our solar system. Decades after it was published, multiple astronomers and mathematicians like Gaileo and Kelper had tested his theory and it turned out it was true (Information from: Comparative Timelines and “Crash Course”)

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Carpets, silks, and textiles were not only one of the greatest innovations of that time, but it was Islam's main source of economy. This business greatly increased Islamic economy, especially items like textiles. In the end, certain items like textiles had made a great impact on the Islamic empire and even its economy, overall making the Islamic empire one of the greatest empires of that time (Information from: Islam: Empire of Faith).

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Image of Newton's three laws of motion (Source: Science Notes)

Newton's Three Laws of Motion led to a new way of explaining the world in purely scientific terms instead of religious briefings. This has continued to improve scientific inquiry for the past couple decades, overall improving mankind's well being (Information from: “Newton”).

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Items such as silk, textiles, and carpet are still a big part of the economies manufactured products even today. They are used and are found in everyday materials. For example, materials such as carpet can be found in almost every school classroom.

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How Newton change society for the better

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How Newton change society for the better

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“Nonetheless, Newtonian mechanics formed the basis of modern physics all the way into the 20th century, when Albert Einstein’s theories again revolutionized the field” ( “Newton”).

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How inventions like the Thermometer are still used to improve heath today 

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How inventions like the Thermometer are still used to improve heath today 

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Image of modern medical devices (Source: Surgmedia) Inventions for sickness in medicine especially medical textbooks and the thermometer, is a sustained revolution in thought because in modern times we are still using these inventions. These inventions still help and improve people who are suffering from sickness and disease, they also help with discovering new profound illnesses by taking their symptoms.

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Warfare inventions and how they are still used today

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Warfare inventions and how they are still used today

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Photo of nuclear bomb (Source: Arms control association)

This has been a sustained revolution in thought throughout centuries because the use of warfare items especially items like gunpowder are still used today to create things such as bombs and fireworks.

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Astronomy is a major study in the 21st century. It is used and can be seen in organizations such as NASA. Theories and models from astronomers in the past are still used in science classrooms and help us to discover new things about space and including our universe.

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Photo of modern day cash and credit cards (Source: iStock)

The creation of paper money was definitely a sustained revolution of thought because paper money has become almost every single country's main form of currency and is still used till this day with other inventions like the credit card.